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Last week, I read in the press that the Turnbull government intends to spend 2017 saying to the electorate that unions do a lot of damage to the economy. While we prepare to re-live Groundhog Day, it's worth answering the question "what did unions......

Last week, I read in the press that the Turnbull government intends to spend 2017 saying to the electorate that unions do a lot of damage to the economy. While we prepare to re-live Groundhog Day, it's worth answering the question "what did unions......

Swan in your post or what?
What Hockey and Abbott are doing with this Budget from Hell is just trying to fit Australia's body into a rigid Neoliberal coffin. But they are realising that the body is too big, so they have decided to cut......

...for hospitals and schools can hardly be counted as money in the bank.
I was at a corporate function this week with some of Australia's most prominent business leaders. There was widespread lament about the glacial progress of economic reform. After......

...have deteriorated with the advent of these technologies.
There are undoubtedly a number of causes for a decline in Australia's school results, although if you believe the politicians it is mostly the teacher's fault. If that is so, I don't......

...have deteriorated with the advent of these technologies.
There are undoubtedly a number of causes for a decline in Australia's school results, although if you believe the politicians it is mostly the teacher's fault. If that is so, I don't......

...have deteriorated with the advent of these technologies.
There are undoubtedly a number of causes for a decline in Australia's school results, although if you believe the politicians it is mostly the teacher's fault. If that is so, I don't......

...at a minimum should increase its investment in early childhood education and care to at least 1 per cent of GDP.
The union submission says Australia spent just 0.48 per cent of GDP on early childhood education in 2013-14, much less than the......

The emotional response it triggered from listeners has been staggering. The year is ending with a focus on some of Australia's forgotten people – the underpaid and overexploited migrant workers who pick the fruit we buy from the supermarket......

Public sector wage freeze: Unions flag Geneva challenge to Tas Government's plan
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Tasmania's public sector unions are seeking legal advice about the State Government's plans for a wage freeze.
They believe the action......

...striking for equal pay for women, marching against the Napalming of civilians in Vietnam, and the builders labourers union refusing to demolish the now heritage-protected precinct of The Rocks in Sydney. Sometimes Parliament just does not......

...call-outs will soon be accompanied by a trusted local community member to increase their safety following attacks on health workers, the Northern Territory Health Department said.
The Government is implementing all 14 recommendations from a review......

Jobs from Australia's largest coal mine will flow across Queensland and provide a huge shot in the arm for the project's Townsville hub, the premier says.
Annastacia Palaszczuk and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani will visit Townsville on Tuesday,......

...pay rises while rank-and-file public servants face a concerted campaign to suppress their wages, the main public sector union says.
But the Independent Remuneration Tribunal, which ordered the judges' pay rise, says the increase is a fair......

...pay rises while rank-and-file public servants face a concerted campaign to suppress their wages, the main public sector union says.
But the Independent Remuneration Tribunal, which ordered the judges' pay rise, says the increase is a fair......

Jobs from Australia's largest coal mine will flow across Queensland and provide a huge shot in the arm for the project's Townsville hub, the premier says.
Annastacia Palaszczuk and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani will visit Townsville on Tuesday,......

Jobs from Australia's largest coal mine will flow across Queensland and provide a huge shot in the arm for the project's Townsville hub, the premier says.
Annastacia Palaszczuk and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani will visit Townsville on Tuesday,......

Jobs from Australia's largest coal mine will flow across Queensland and provide a huge shot in the arm for the project's Townsville hub, the premier says.
Annastacia Palaszczuk and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani will visit Townsville on Tuesday,......

...pay rises while rank-and-file public servants face a concerted campaign to suppress their wages, the main public sector union says.
But the Independent Remuneration Tribunal, which ordered the judges' pay rise, says the increase is a fair......

...pay rises while rank-and-file public servants face a concerted campaign to suppress their wages, the main public sector union says.
But the Independent Remuneration Tribunal, which ordered the judges' pay rise, says the increase is a fair......

Minister of the Year" by Europe's leading banking and economic journal. We saw some of the most significant reforms in Australia's history with the roll-out of the NDIS, the introduction of carbon pricing, the introduction of a tax on......

Alexander and Just Jeans in its brand stable, has been relying on an EBA that expired in August 2012 and does not pay its workers penalty rates in line with the current award.
Retail analysts suggest Just Group's wages' bill could jump by as much......

Alexander and Just Jeans in its brand stable, has been relying on an EBA that expired in August 2012 and does not pay its workers penalty rates in line with the current award.
Retail analysts suggest Just Group's wages' bill could jump by as much......

Alexander and Just Jeans in its brand stable, has been relying on an EBA that expired in August 2012 and does not pay its workers penalty rates in line with the current award.
Retail analysts suggest Just Group's wages' bill could jump by as much......

Alexander and Just Jeans in its brand stable, has been relying on an EBA that expired in August 2012 and does not pay its workers penalty rates in line with the current award.
Retail analysts suggest Just Group's wages' bill could jump by as much......

...gates and switch off alarms. They switch on the lights then slip on their gloves. This is life for a legion of low-paid workers who keep Victoria's government schools clean.
"Emptying bins, bleaching toilets, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing,......

...gates and switch off alarms. They switch on the lights then slip on their gloves. This is life for a legion of low-paid workers who keep Victoria's government schools clean.
"Emptying bins, bleaching toilets, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing,......

...gates and switch off alarms. They switch on the lights then slip on their gloves. This is life for a legion of low-paid workers who keep Victoria's government schools clean.
"Emptying bins, bleaching toilets, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing,......

...gates and switch off alarms. They switch on the lights then slip on their gloves. This is life for a legion of low-paid workers who keep Victoria's government schools clean.
"Emptying bins, bleaching toilets, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing,......

...gates and switch off alarms. They switch on the lights then slip on their gloves. This is life for a legion of low-paid workers who keep Victoria's government schools clean.
"Emptying bins, bleaching toilets, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing,......

...gates and switch off alarms. They switch on the lights then slip on their gloves. This is the life for a legion of low-paid workers who keep Victoria's government schools clean.
"Emptying bins, bleaching toilets, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing,......

...gates and switch off alarms. They switch on the lights then slip on their gloves. This is the life for a legion of low-paid workers who keep Victoria's government schools clean.
"Emptying bins, bleaching toilets, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing,......

...it has accepted all of the recommendations of the Joint Working Group on Pay Equity Principles. That group was made up of union, employer, and Government representatives. The recommendations set out principles for raising and resolving pay equity......

Cormann has argued a level playing field for all suppliers provided the best value for money for tax payers and helped Australia's reputation as an open economy.
But the Government has now changed course as part of a deal with Senator Xenophon......

...many abandoned the program after pay slips were needed to prove they had satisfied the eligibility criteria, WWOOF Australia's Traci Wilson-Brown said.
"With one stroke of a pen they virtually wiped out the WWOOFing program," Ms......